Howard County officer injured in I-70 traffic stop crash

A Howard County police officer is in stable condition at a local hospital after a late-night crash on Interstate 70 in Marriottsville.

Howard County police said Officer Neil White had pulled over a Ford Focus for a routine traffic stop around 11:30 p.m. Monday on westbound I-70 near Marriottsville Road when a pickup truck crashed into the back of the police cruiser, which then rammed the Focus.

White, a 10-year veteran of the force, was hit, too. He was flown to Shock Trauma in Baltimore, where he is listed in stable condition.

Detectives said they believe the driver of the pickup truck, identified as Curt Michal Smith, 20, of Taneytown, may have fallen asleep before the crash.

Neither Smith nor the driver of the Focus was injured.

I-70 westbound was closed until about 1:30 a.m. Tuesday as part of the investigation and cleanup.

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